Mineo Maya Tarot
1980
Midori Yamada
Japan
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Description:
The Mineo Maya Tarot was created by the artist of that name. This deck and accompanying book were instigated by Midori Yamada, whose own book published in 1961 was issued with the first printing of a tarot deck in Japan. There she printed a version of the Rider-Waite deck but twenty years later, she inspired Mineo Maya to create an original tarot. For his tarot images, he created fine line drawings with detailed texturing effects. These are printed against black backgrounds with areas of gold. Mineo Maya later became famous as the creator of the long running manga series Pataliro.
